Looking for engaging speech therapy activities? This collection of 100+ speech therapy ideas is perfect for SLPs, teachers, and accent coaches looking to target articulation, phonology, accent modification, and other speech goals. The activities are organized by complexity—starting with isolation and syllables and progressing to words, phrases, sentences, reading passages, and spontaneous speech.
Whether you’re targeting speech sounds, intelligibility, fluency, or prosody, these 100+ speech therapy ideas will keep your sessions fun, effective, and engaging. New ideas are added regularly, so check back often for fresh ways to support your clients’ communication success!
Isolation & Syllables(Sound level)
1. Drill
2. Negative practice
3. Auditory discrimination
4. Over-correction
5. Use as a warm-up for other activities
SingleWords
1. Drill
2. Negative practice
3. Auditory discrimination
4. Over-correction
5. Have the client generate a list of words they commonly use or have difficulty with
6. Use as a warm-up for other activities
7. Play a memory game
8. Have the client say a set of numbers (e.g., odds, events, set of 10 that includes target)
Phrases (2-4 words)
1. Have the client generate a list of phrases they commonly use or have difficulty with
2. Read idioms
3. Have the client brainstorm phrases that will be used in a given social situation
4. Think of 3 phrases to use tomorrow
5. Practice phrases to greet or say farewell to others
Sentences(5+ words)
1. Have the client generate a list of commonly used statements
2. Have the client brainstorm sentences to use in a given social scenario
3. Read lines from the text one at a time
4. Give directions to complete a task, one step at a time
5. State demographic information using a full sentence (i.e., My name is ____. My birthday is ____.)
